They have won on their previous three visits to this venue and their only loss in their last nine encounters with Connacht came at Thomond Park in last season’s Rainbow Cup.

Munster suffered their sole defeat in nine games when going down 18-10 at the Ospreys in their previous URC clash - their only loss away from home in any competition since last year’s final against Leinster at the RDS Arena.

But they have a miserable record against their Irish counterparts, winning just six and drawing one of their 40 meetings.

Connacht have only been beaten once at home in any competition since May - a 35-22 defeat by the Dragons in Round 3.